The 1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented

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in the

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. The Boilermakers, led by future

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Bob Griese, won the

1967 Rose Bowl The 1967 Rose Bowl was the 53rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Monday, January 2. The game matched the #7 Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference and the unranked USC Tro ...

. Griese led Purdue to a second-place finish in the

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and the school's first appearance in the Rose Bowl Game. The Boilermakers were the runner-up in the Big Ten behind Michigan State, but received the conference's Rose Bowl berth because of the Big Ten's "no-repeat" rule at the time. Griese was a two-time All-American at Purdue and was the runner-up to Steve Spurrier for the Heisman Trophy in 1966.

Schedule

Roster

Game summaries

Ohio

At Notre Dame

SMU

Iowa

At Michigan

At Michigan State

Illinois

At Wisconsin

At Minnesota

Indiana

*Purdue clinches Rose Bowl berth * Bob Griese 11/21, 255 Yds, 3 TD, 1 FG, 6/7 XP * Leroy Keyes Rush TD, Pass TD, INT * Jim Beirne 2 TD Rec *Biggest margin in rivalry since 1893

USC (Rose Bowl)

Team players in the NFL

Awards and honors

* Bob Griese, Sammy Baugh Trophy *Bob Griese, second in Heisman Trophy voting

References

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